Metallic packing.



f W. SUDEKUM,

METALLIC PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1914.

Patented NOV. 24, 1914.

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WILLIAM smannuiu, or Nasnvrnns, TENNESSEE.-

` METALLIC racisme.

Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Application sie@ Aprila, i514. sensi no. 829,457..

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, -W1LL1AM SUDEKUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of ,'Iennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic` Packing, of which the following is a speciication. y This invention pertains to a metallic packing, and more articularly tothat class described in-my ormer Patent- No. 1,074,773, which are designed more especially for piston rods and valvestems of engines, pumps and the like, the-purpose being tosupply a packing which will insure the maintenance of a tight joint where extremely dry steam with high temperaturey is vused under high pressure. I. A y

The object of this invention is to provide a two-piece, sectional packinghaving concealed lubricant sticks for lubricating the rod or stem and each contacting face of the packing-sections; and further having beveled, overlapping ends permitting of its vi -biation with the rod or stein and thereby obviating any binding, thus eliminating the necessity of a ball ring and one ground joint, said beveled ends also producing closed joints which -will take up any wear caused by the operation of the rod or stein. While the. invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structural and minor details, without departing from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is shown Tin the accompanyingdrawings which can be referred to, together with the following description, for a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, 4o and also to acquire the knowledge of the details of construction and means or applying the invention.

My'invention consists of structural features and relative. arrangement ofparts Awhich will be hereinafter more 4fully de- `J scribed and particularly pointed out in\ the v apgended claims.

imilar reference characters indicate the same parts throughout the several figures of .to drawing@ Whichsections 'curvedj Fig. '3 'is a `similary View K,

tshowing the ends of larged scale; and Fig. 7 is aie Fi 4 is a longitudinal section taken on line I IV of the packingv shown in Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the bevele holding rings; Fig. 6 is a detail trans rse section taken through vthe packinng` on a y n arge.- nd fragmentary view, partly in section, of one of the packing rings.- In the drawings, l the outer end of. which is closed by a cap or cover 2, secured in Vposit-ion 'by any suitable fastening 4means, such asY the screws 3.

The nunral 4 indicates a iston rod or stem passing through thestu g box.

The packing ring is designated by the numeral 5 and consists of two counterpart arcual sections 6 and 7, terminating in beveled, overlapping ends 8,- s'hown rounded in Fig. 2, and straight in Fig. 3. This'packin'g ring 5 is of substantially fausto-conical cross'- Patented Nov. 1914..-

denotes. ay stuffing box',

section, having oppositely beveled faces V9 engaged by the correspondinglybeveled faces 10 of the rings 11 and 12. The sections of the rin 5 are formed with ducts or holes 13 which dead from the beveled faces 10, in staggered relation, to a vertical line on the interior thereof, while additional ductsor holes 14- pass through the inner beveled ends of the sections 6 and 7. These ducts or holes 13 and 14 are filled with steatite, plumbago, or other lubricating sections, or sticks, shown by the numerals 15 and 16, respectively. The sections 15 `ob viously lubricate the rod or stem 4 and the contacting faces 9-and l0 of the rings 5, 11

and 12, while the sections 16 lubricate said rod or stem and the beveled faces 8 ofthe v sections 6 and 7, of the ring 5.

A shell 17 is disposed within the stuffing' box 1 and is formed with an inwardly'directed annular flan e 18 which'bears against` the end of the st gbox. A spring 194s seated within this shell-'17 and atfiv4 opposite end against the adjacent face of the ring 12, forcing the opposed face of the ring 11 against the inner side of the cap 2,

thereby sealing the stufling box.

lirom the foregoin 'it willbe apparent` that as the inner sur aces of the ring sections 6 and-7 wear, the pressure of the.

sprin 19 through the medium of the beveled 4aces 9 and 10,-V will force the packing r ring against the 'rod or stein 4, which move.- v

ment is made possible without interfering with the overlapped ends 8, owing to the.' vl`fata;that said ends are beveledtangential, to

the inner-'periphery of said packing ring 5. Should there be any vibration ot' the rod Ll, the packing ring together" with the rings ll and l2 can readily take up the movement 5 of the rod without disturbing their close fit-against theirod l, and by constructing' "ilie'shell 17 in relation with the coil spring 7), as shown, said spring'can more with the shell without disturbing its relation with iofifiiliestuliing box. Also, by providing the stclite, plumb-ago, or other lubricating seo 'ons or sticks'in the packing ring, as dis- 'scil,'tlrc same will be protected from the team and will serre to lubricatenot only 5 the rod l, but cach'contacting surface of f-lsaid packing. i lfrom the foregoing it-will be readily seen -wtiiat apacking is provided for-,stuliing boxes 7jnd-the like,f\vhich will full'ilall the neces- 'y requirements of suoli av device. lVhatl-claimisz--l f if 1. A metallic packing comprising a stuifing box-"a laptcd to slidingly receive a pisjfonvrod, a metallic sectional packing ring ounding 'saidv piston rod,Y the ends of idpacking" ring being overlapped and the Aisidfes ofsaid packing ring being conical, a

LWing its inner face conforming toa con1- `l` fa'ceof the'sectionalpacking ring, lubri- -cati'ng sticks or rodsfwithin said sectional -packing ringarrangediso vthat one yend of 'ifea lil-ol said -rods or sticks is in contact *with -an' innei" conical face of a side ring 'i'v'hile-thc' otherend of each of said sticks or vitliintlie 'st-filling box and havinga l'iangeat inner emi' loosciyfsurrounding the'piston odi 'a' coil :spring surrounding the piston r'od, 10i IK ing; ol thefshell and the other' endthereof earlngfagainst fthe inner surrounding ring.

Ming box'adapte'd'to slidingly receive apiston o'd,-a metallic sectional packing ring sur- 'er periphery of .said ring, pand overlide-ring on each side of th-ei'iacking ring,v

dsisin contactl with the piston rod, a shell ducts or' holes, a. shell within the stutiing .box and having a-'iiange at' itsfinner end end of said. spring bearing Aagainst, the

2.- v AQ metallic packing comprisingf'a stuff-- hlrrounding'said'piston rod, theends of saidpacking ring being'beyeled tangential to the lapped, and-the-sides-of saidv ring being v on1cal,'a,'s1de,i1ng surroundingthe .plston v 'uaving its inner face conforming to a conical face of the setional packing ring, staggered inclined lubricating sticks or rods iassing through the sections of the packing ring, and arranged so thatonc end of each of said sticks or rods is in contact with an inner conical face of a side ring while the other end of each of said sticks or rods is in contact with the piston rod, a'shell within the stufl'ing box and -having a Vlange. atpits inner end looselysurrounding the piston rod, a coil 'spring surrounding the piston rod, one end of the spring bearing against ,the liange of the ,shelly and the other end thereof bearing against the inner surrounding ring. A metallicpacking comprising a stuifing box adapted to slidingly receive a piston rod, a sectional metallic packing ring surroundingsaid'piston rodsaid packing ring comprising a plurality of counterpart sectionsv haring- ,tlieir ends .overlapping and beveled tangential to the inner periphery of.

said packing ring, the sides of the packing `ring being conical, a side ring surrounding' the piston rod upon either side of the sectional packing ring and conforming to side conicalface of the packing ring, said sections of the packing ring having ducts or holes formed therein', said-ducts or holeseX- 4tending fromfthe inner surface of the pack ing :ringfadjac'ent to the piston rod through the beveledl conical sides thereof, .and

through the inner beveled ends thereof,

lubricating material disposed WithinA said loosely surrounding the piston rod, coil of saidf'coil-spring, bearing against-` thel liange ofrtheshell and the other end thereof bearing against the inner surrounding ring.

p Intestimony whereof I affix my Signaturen tWo Witnesses.

.in'presence of n ,Y VILLIAM SU-DlEsUl\/I.

Vitnesses: l Y i Claas. SIMPSON,

XVM. SUDEKUM. 

